An institutional economic reconstruction of scientific management: On the lost theoretical logic of taylorism

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-117

  Wagner Tsukamoto, Sigmund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33846597516     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2007.23463879     Document Type: Review

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